Workers' Compensation News
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Fraud Charges Uncover High-Volume Radiology Business
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10/08/2018
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By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 2288 | 7 | Popular with Legal | 41 min read
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No single company was hit harder by the lien declaration requirement California lawmakers created in 2016 than Vital Imaging, a radiology firm that a federal grand jury alleges was part of a vast scheme to defraud carriers out of $284 million.
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CDI Holds Hearing on Rate Recommendation
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10/08/2018
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 192 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 22 min read
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The California Department of Insurance held a public hearing on a recommendation to cut the advisory pure premium rate, by 4.5%.
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DOL Grant Awards Help Build Return-to-Work Momentum
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10/08/2018
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 403 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 199 min read
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Efforts to return injured employees to work got a boost in eight states last month with the award of $19 million in funding through a U.S. Department of Labor program.
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Revised Fee Schedules Leave Providers Asking for More
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10/08/2018
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: NY | Segment: Top | 252 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 36 min read
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Despite hundreds of public comments, including 262 postcards from a single law firm, the New York Workers’ Compensation Board has made only relatively minor changes to its medical fee schedules, leaving some chiropractors, psychologists, physicians and worker advocates asking for a few...Read More
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Share of MDs Certified as Designated Docs Drops Sharply
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10/08/2018
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 147 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 57 min read
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The share of designated doctors who are medical doctors plummeted after the Texas Legislature adopted tighter training and certification rules in 2011, while the share who are chiropractors nearly doubled, according to ...Read More
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As State's Premium Growth Levels Off, Carriers Make a Profit
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10/08/2018
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 112 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 48 min read
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A steady growth in workers’ comp premium volume since the Great Recession began to level off in New York State last year, according to a State of the System report from the New York Compensation Insurance Rating ...Read More
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MarketScout: Work Comp Rates Fall Again in Q3
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10/08/2018
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 116 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 106 min read
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Rates for many commercial lines of insurance were up in the third quarter, according to the latest MarketScout Barometer survey, but workers’ comp rates continued a downward trajectory, with a 3% decrease.
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